Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,994, John Dodge, Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
SERVICE Mass. Privateer.
Dodge, John Lucy.
NUMBER _____
R 2.994
CONTENTS

V No 12575 Lucy Doag vt
Letter to Hon. G. Rathbun 2. April 1846 " Wright & Abel August. 19/50
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act 7 July 1838

State of Vermont, } On this fourteenth day of Novem- District & County of Windsor, ss. } ber, one thousand eight hundred & thirty-eight, personally appeared,
before the Hon. the Probate Court for the district of Windsor in said County, Lucy Dodge, a resident of Cavendish in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged seventy one years on the second day of June now last past, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the widow of John Dodge, who was a private in the land and naval service of the United States, in the war of the Revolution. The particular times of his enlistments, the length of his services, the places where he served, and the names of most of the Officers under whom his services were performed, she cannot, after a lapse of so many years, particularly enumerate; that she remembers to have heard her said Husband say, that he first enlisted into the service of the United States, at New Rowley, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Capt. Samuel Adams' Company, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five; the said Capt. Adams, then belonged to New Rowland aforesaid; that her said husband was, at the time of his enlistment, about fifteen years of age, being about seven years older than herself; that she has a perfect recollection of seeing the said John Dodge and five others, at her Father's in Middleton, Ms. at the time they were going into the army, having been well acquainted with him, the said John Dodge from her earliest remembrance; that she has no recollection of having seen the said John Dodge from the time last aforesaid, until after the the taking of Burgoyne in seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and that she recollects to have heard him then relate some particulars of his services in the Army, and among other things, that he was in the Battle at Saratoga, and as she believes, in the Battle at Bennington; that she always understood, that from the time of his first enlistment in 1775, to his return in 1777 or 1778, he was constantly attached to the Army of the Revolution, and in the service of the United States; that subsequently to his services in the Army, and towards the close of the war of the Revolution, as she thinks, he, the said John Dodge enlisted on board a Vessel of war belonging to the United States, called the "Grey Hound," and sailed out of Beverly, Ms. on a voyage for eleven months; that she has forgotten the name of the commander of the "Grey Hound"; that after serving eleven months on board the Grey Hound, he enlisted for fourteen months on board the war Ship of the United States "Revolution," a copper bottomed ship commanded by Stephen Webb, and sailed either from Beverly or Salem, Ms. and did not return until after the close of the War; that she understood that the ship and crew were in France when Peace was declared. She further declares that she was married to the said John Dodge at Middleton, Massachusetts, by the Rev. A. Smith, then the settled Minister of said Middleton, on the sixth day of January, in the year, seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her former name was Lucy Giddings; that her husband, the

aforesaid John Dodge, died at Cavendish aforesaid, on the tenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Witness Thomas F. Hammond Joseph Parkene.
Lucy her Dodge mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Lucy Dodge, on this 14 th day of November, A.D. 1838, before me
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.
State of Vermont. } I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate District of Windsor ss. } Court for the district of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Lucy Dodge who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, is a person of truth and veracity, and that the statements by her made, are entitled to full credit and belief. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge,
State of Vermont. } I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate District of Windsor ss. } Court for the district of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Lucy Dodge was sworn to and subscribed, and who has certified to the credibility of the said declarant, was at the time, and is now, Judge of the Probate Court for the district of Windsor aforesaid, which Probate Court is a Court of Record, and that the signature annexed to the certificate of the oath and credibility of the said declarant, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Cavendish in said district, this twenty seventh day of November, in the year, eighteen hundred and forty three.
Salmon F. Dutton. Register.

State of Massachusetts County of Essex
I Hiram Moore hereby depose and say that I am Town Clerk of Middleton County & State aforesaid that I have the original records of the Town in my hands possession that I find recorded in said records the marriage of John Dodge to Lucy Giddings as having taken place on the twenty sixth day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty six except that the date is expressed on the said records in four legable figures as follows - 1786
Sworn to & Subscribed before me. This 13 th day of April A D 1844
Hiram Moore Town Clerk of Middleton
E. S. Phelps Justice of the Peace Ho. of Reps. Washington Jan. 13. 1845.
I know E. S. Phelps to be a magistrate of the Co. of Essex, Mass. and I certify that the above signature by him is genuine. (Dan l . P. King M.C.)
The annual certificate of the county clerk should include the name of E. S. Phelps Justice of the Peace above named. if it is omitted the clerk will so state it at the bottom. & above his name, but it would be preferable to add a new certificate on this page

I Nancy Wyatt of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy three years do here and say, That I was well acquainted with John Dodge formerly of New Rowley and that he married Lucy Gittings of Middleton about the year 1786. They were married in Middleton by the Rev. Elias Smith and was present at the wedding afterwards they lived in Danvers and I was well acquainted with their family - Two of their Children were born in Danvers, named Lucy & Betsey; they moved to Cavendish in Vermont, where (As I have been informed) they had eight more children, and their names are Clarissa, Mercy, Bathsheba, Abigail, Nancy, Judith, Fanny and John. The last eight named children have visited our family several times - I understood that the said John Dodge was in the Army of the Revolution, and when he left the Army he went a Privateering.
Witness.
Matthew Putnam
Nancy Wyatt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. April 11, A.D. 1844. Then personally the above named Nancy Wyatt, who is well known to me as a credible witness, and made oath that the above Deposition by her subscribed, was true.
Before me
Joseph Shedd Justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth.

REJECTED
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P. O. _____
Lucy Lodge
Service: _____ John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Deleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Springfield Illinois 13 th May 1850
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions
The Heirs of Lucy Dodge widow of John Dodge a Revolutionary Soldier of Capt Samuel Adams Company Nottingham Newbury in Commonwealth of Mass. Have called on us to examine and get their claim. They state that their Mother made a Declaration some 10 or 12 years ago then in Vermont under act 7 July 1838. That she sent the Papers to Washington. That Mr. Edwards wrote back that the Claim was a good one and allowed. The app. Lucy Dodge died about 10 years since and the claim not returned.
Will it be asking too much to report to the State of the case =
Yours Respectfully,
Wright & Abel
Suppose the Declaration is on file in 1843 the House of Heirs or some dept procured the issuing of Pen Certificates. Most of the Heirs are here

I Samuel Lancaster, of Ipswich in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty seven years on the thirteenth day of the present month of March 1844, on oath depose and say that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war and am now a pensioner of the United States, that in April 1775 on the day of the battle at Lexington I marched from Rowley, my native town, in a company of militia under command of capt. Thomas Mighill for Cambridge. In Topsfield several men from New Rowley joined said company, - perhaps half of the whole company came to us there from New Rowley. - from there we marched to Danvers where we passed the night. I well recollect John Dodge, as one of said company at Danvers. I was not acquainted with him and did not know that he was in the company before we reached Danvers, but while there the fact came to my knowledge that he was one of the company. I now recollect his personal appearance. I knew him afterwards in Rowley. Said company belonged to Col. Gerrish's regiment, and Brookline was at Cambridge, eight months, - and was in Bunker Hill battle.
Samuel Lancaster
Essex, ss. March 29, 1844. Samuel Lancaster, above named, well known to me as a credible witness, makes oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Before me Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.
New Rowley

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
J. Eben Nuddaber  I JOHN PRINCE , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Essex, do certify that Hon.  is Judge of the Court of  within and for said County; that Charles Hinckell, Joseph Shatt and Jeremiah Russell Esquires are Justices of the Peace within and for said County; that his commission is dated  A.D., 18  and will expire in seven years from that date; and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court, at Salem, April 15 th A.D., 1844.
E. Shillaber Clerk.

To whom it may concern This may certify that I Caleb Jackson of Rowley aged Eighty nine years was in the Revolutionary War for more than two years at different times and am receiving a Pension for the same. That I was well acquainted with John Dodge of New Rowley, that I knew to be in the army & was personally acquainted with him while there, but am not able positively to state how long he served or what Officers he served under, but think he was at Winter Hill Cambridge and at other places in the years 1777 & 1778. And I think he was in the service after that time.
Caleb Jackson By Caleb Jackson Jr.
Rowley Feb. 12 th 18

I Caleb Jackson on oath testify & say that my father Caleb Jackson now deceased, did before his death authorize me to sign the foregoing paper and that he said the same was true according to his best recollection and I also say that I have often in the lifetime of my father and since speak of said John Dodge being out at the time mentioned in the foregoing certificate.
Caleb Jackson
Efgr. April 13. 1844. Sworn to and subscribed before me J. Russell Jr. Rec.

Declaration of 12 3/4 5 Lucy Dodge Apt 7 July 1835 Mother of John or Apt 7 July 1838 Married 1786 husband died 1813

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan 31 1844
By virtue of my duty, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Dodge is borne upon the rolls of Col. Baldwin, in the Company of Capt. Rich and Dodge of Ipswich from May 1. 1775, and continued in said Regiment to Jan 1. 1777, as a private.
The name of John Dodge is borne upon a pay roll of Capt. N. Healy, Col. Holman 25 days in January 1777 as a private.
The name of John Dodge is borne upon the pay roll of Capt. John Procter Col. Durick from Nov 17. 1777 to April 3. 1778 as a private.
There are no rolls of the Greyhound, or the Revolution, or of Capt. Sam Adams in this Office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peabody; Secretary of the Commonwealth.